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Crab Season = Crab Roll

December 11, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
It’s one of my favorite times of year, dungeness crab season. We had a little bit of a late start this year because the fisherman and the distributors couldn’t agree on a price. The fisherman were asking for $2.50 per lb while the distributors were only willing to pay $2 per lb. After two weeks...
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San Francisco Eats

Nopalito: Fresh Mexican Comfort

December 4, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
I really like the restaurant Nopa in San Francisco and have been wanting to try Nopalito, their sister restaurant serving Mexican fare. Nopalito is special, it is “a Mexican kitchen, celebrating the traditional cookery of Mexico and utilizing the philosophy of purchasing local, organic and sustainable ingredients.” I had lunch at Nopalito recently with a...
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San Francisco Eats

Aperto: A Great Solid Meal

November 27, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
A few weeks ago I had dinner with my Food Companion (FC). I have been wanting to try Aperto, the sister restaurant to Bellanico. I previously wrote about Bellanico and I’m proud to call it my neighborhood restaurant. Aperto is also a neighborhood restaurant, but not mine. It’s located in Potrero Hill in San Francisco....
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East Bay Eats

White Gold: I’m Not Talking about the Metal

November 20, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
A year ago I wrote about truffles. I can’t believe another year has passed already. We were dining at Oliveto Cafe because we didn’t have reservations at the upstairs restaurant for the truffle dinner.  My friend didn’t risk it this year, she made reservations ahead of time.   Even with advance notice, we ended up with...
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Southern California Eats

Weekend in LA: Yum Yum

November 13, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
I was in Los Angeles last weekend and explored a few new places to eat. I was also excited to go back to one place that a friend introduced me to during a previous visit. I’ll start with the latter. Joan’s on Third is a foodie’s dream located smack in the middle of LA. It’s...
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San Francisco Eats

November 6, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
I probably shouldn’t have started Weight Watchers a week and a half before my birthday. At the same time for someone like me that enjoys eating so much, there probably isn’t a right time. I made the decision to go ahead and start. What I like about Weight Watchers is that you don’t necessarily have...
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Bi-Rite: More than Alright

October 30, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
Located in the Mission District in San Francisco is a food market, a creamery and bakeshop, a catering company, operators of organic farms, and a community education center that make up the Bi-Rite family of businesses. Their mission is to create community through food. I’ve been visiting Bi-rite creamery for a while and especially love...
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East Bay Eats

Bay Leaf: A Living Social Experience

October 23, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
I have definitely purchased coupons from Groupon, Living Social, and restaurant.com to get discounts for restaurants. My friend recently invited me to have dinner at The Bay Leaf Restaurant in Oakland so she could use her Living Social coupon. She paid $26 for the voucher which was redeemable for two non-alcoholic beverages, one appetizer, two...
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South Bay Eats

Jin Sho: Ode to Steve Jobs

October 16, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
Today is officially Steve Jobs Day in California, but I celebrated yesterday. I picked up my sleek new 16GB white iPhone 4S and I dined at Steve Jobs favorite restaurant in Palo Alto, Jin Sho. I spent several hours with my friends at the Stanford Shopping Center including a few hours at the Apple Store....
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East Bay Eats

Hawker Fare: More Than Fair

October 9, 2011 by 510foodie No Comments
I finally got a chance to dine at Hawker Fare this weekend. It’s been open for about five months. Hawker Fare is the second Oakland restaurant by Chef James Syhabout. His first restaurant is Commis. I have yet to try the only restaurant in Oakland that earned a Michelin star. I guess I’m waiting for...
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Hello, my name is Lisa Lau.  Welcome to my new website 510foodie.com.  I was born and raised in the Bay Area. I am passionate about food and am here to share my food adventures with you.

I’ve been blogging about food for almost ten years.  I am a contributing writer for localwise.com where my blog post Top Five Bowls of Noodle Soup in Oakland went viral.  In 2018, I was a guest writer for Berkeleyside where I wrote the featured article  A Filipino Food Movement is Sweeping the East Bay.

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